[Dx4win] satellite QSO's

[David Kozinn - K2DBK]

I guess the answer is that I don't know, but I'd like to be able to get the 
contacts entered into the system without error. I believe the eventual goal 
is to support different types of awards, so I figured that if I've got the 
data I might as well get it into the system.

At 10:53 AM 9/24/2003, Mel Martin wrote:
>Since LOTW is specifically for awards... would such contacts count towards
>any award?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Kozinn - K2DBK" <k2dbk@arrl.net>
>To: <dx4win@mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:02
>Subject: Re: [Dx4win] satellite QSO's
>
>
> > Along the same lines, I made a handful of Packet contacts through the ISS
> > digipeater. I was never sure how to log them in the first place, and I
> > think that I used "SAT" for the band (even though I guess it was really
> > just 2m). Any suggestions on the correct way to log these such that
>they'll
> > be accepted by LOTW?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > At 08:12 AM 9/24/2003, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> > >At 01:24 AM 9/24/2003, Mike Fulcher wrote:
> > >
> > >>I have about 30 QSO's in DX4WIN .adi marked as band:SAT.  These were
> > >>RS-12 QSO's back in 1994.  LOTW does not like this and creates an
> > >>error.  What should I use for the band for these QSO's.
> > >
> > >The ADIF fields are:
> > >
> > >SAT_MODE C Satellite Mode
> > >SAT_NAME C Name of satellite
> > >
> > >I guess Mode is like A, B, J etc.  You probably want to use a valid band,
> > >maybe the downlink band like 70CM or 2M.


73,
         David, K2DBK